All About Us (LT One shot books)

Lose without having

Laurent sighed once again in the last half hour, rolling his eyes. Mom continued to be stubborn and did not allow him to return home to France. She seemed to think that her youngest son was not punished enough. This woman cut him off from his family nearly six months ago by sending him to one of those stupid colleges in America. She sent him all alone, not allowing him to take his brother with her. It was so stupid and embarrassing. Because it was because of the brother that they got into a pretty big fight and beat up some pretty big guys. But only Laurent was sent to America.

- Yes Mom. I'm well-behaved. You know I wouldn't have thought to get into a fight myself, but that jerk ruined everything. He's usually the bad guy. I stumbled only once, why are they punishing me? - Laurent paced the apartment feverishly, trying to persuade his mother to send his brother to him. It was difficult for him to be so far away from him, he just felt out of place and it pretty pissed him off.

- Baby, you know this punishment is not for you. It's all for your brother, he must learn to calculate the consequences of his actions. - The woman sighed heavily, and Laurent caught in that sound the hope that her mother had finally given up. - Fine. In a week, you and your brother will finish the first semester and the week of spring break will come and he will come to you. I'll talk to your father myself. But you have to promise me that he won't get himself into trouble.

- Yes Mom. I promise we'll be good guys. I love you.

- I love the baby too. And looking forward to both of you at Christmas. - Laurent had barely finished talking to his mother when he started jumping all over the apartment and screaming with joy.

Mom, after the divorce from her father, was not in a good mood, everything happened too suddenly, and then this fight, the arrest, and they quarreled a lot. This decision to separate his two sons was sudden and traumatic for everyone. The father, of course, agreed to look after one teenage son, but in fact, he barely appeared in the apartment where he settled Laurent.

Another country, separation from his brother, and an unplanned break in his business with his brother, all unsettled Laurent. He did not speak English very well, his accent was too bright. He generally stood out from the crowd of students enough to be noticed. Although Laurent, on the contrary, sought solitude. But even despite all this, he managed to do something in Los Angeles. It turns out that they know about him and Larry in this big city, and as soon as they appear in a nightclub, everything turns out, of course. But Laurent did not want to develop alone, so for the last month, he wrote or called his mother almost every day, persuading him to send Larry to him.

Laurent, with his dark skin and thick afro, was not a flashy picture, there were plenty of those in college. One of the guys, his name was Yanis, was friendlier with him than all the others, gradually drawing him into his company, taming Laurent like a wild animal. He kept trying to solve the secret of Laurent, but he never gave in. The only reason he started talking was because the guy looked so much like his brother. Height, body build, wide smile, and clothing style. He was not going to look for a replacement for Larry, he just missed him very much.

Six months later, Laurent still got used to his accent and English words. He felt more comfortable and more open, even throwing a few small parties.

Yanis had his weakness for Laurent as if compensating for problems in the family, but he carefully concealed this not only from others but also from himself. Yanis, as a small child, enjoyed a fairly close relationship with Laurent. He could even just come to his house, opening the door with his key. The soul of Yanis, perversely and possessively, rejoiced that Laurent did not have such close relations with anyone else. And most importantly, Yanis made sure that the other guys from the company could not get so close to Laurent.